FL Inmate

A splendid prison cell for spending a very long time in solitary confinement. Just the prison uniform, nothing else.

The cold, hard bed frame can be removed by the guard if the prisoner does not co-operate. The container for urination and defecation can also be removed to make the prisoner compliant. The window can be boarded up from the outside for solitary confinement in complete darkness.

Just once a day, the guard opens the door and secures the prisoner to the wall in the corridor next to the door using the handcuffs and leg irons he always wears, so that the waste bucket can be emptied. Once a week, the prisoner is taken to the shower and to have his head shaved, and is then immediately returned to the cell.

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Jared Chance, Michigan inmate 756132, born 1989, incarceration intake at age 30, scheduled earliest release date December 2118, with full release December 2218

Murder and dismemberment

In October 2019, a West Michigan man charged with death and dismemberment of a Kalamazoo County woman was sentenced to a term of 100 to 200 years.

A jury found Jared Chance guilty of second-degree murder, mutilation and concealing the body of Ashley Young. On Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, a Judge sentenced him to a minimum of 100 years to a maximum 200 years in prison. He won’t be eligible for parole until he’s 130 years old.

“You sir in my mind are a very evil individual. You are clearly a monster without any conscience whatsoever and you are someone who is a danger to society and should never be allowed free,” the judge said.

Young was last seen alive at a Grand Rapids bar with Chance the night of Nov. 29, 2018. According to police, two days later, Chance’s neighbor discovered a body in the basement of their home on the 900 block of Franklin Street. Still to this day, her head and limbs have not been found.

Young’s parents, grandma, step-brother and best friend all had the chance to tell Chance, and the court, the impact Young’s murder has had on their lives.

“This is what’s left of my daughter. If I want a hug I have to hug a box and close my eyes and pretend that she is hugging me back. Because you chose to murder her. Because you chose to dismember her,” said Kristine Young, Ashley Young’s mother.

Young’s father addressed Chance in court, saying “I know what you did” and calling Chance an “evil man.”

Young’s family applauded when Trusock read Chance’s sentence.

Last photograph is most recent, dated May 2024.

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Tucker Robert Cipriano, Michigan inmate 823843, born 1993, incarceration intake July 2013 at age 20, sentenced to life without parole

Murder 

A man who pleaded no contest to beating his father to death with a baseball bat in their Farmington Hills home shed tears while reading a statement to the court before being sentenced to life in prison.

“My father was a great man and was there for me time and time again,” Tucker Cipriano said. “I want my dad back.”

Cipriano’s 5-minute statement, which he read off paper, recounted several things his parents had done for him while he was growing up.  "My family has done a great deal for me,“ he said. “I love you." Cipriano said he was stepping up to take responsibility for his actions.

"I’m sorry for paving the way for such violence,” he said.

The judge told Cipriano that he had been given the gift of a wonderful family who was there for him. "But you just weren’t willing to help yourself,“ she told Cipriano. "You’ve ruined your life, you’ve ruined the lives of people who did nothing but love you.”

The Judge then sentenced Cipriano to the presumptive penalty of life in prison without parole.

(Last Image in the series dated September 2023). 

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Jacob “Looney Loc” Looney, Florida inmate K93656, born February 23, 1998, incarceration intake May 2018 at age 20, initially scheduled for release May 2045

Died in Custody November 19, 2024 (undisclosed)

1st degree attempted murder, burglary

The St. Lucie County man convicted of stabbing his ex-girlfriend and her mother in August 2015 will spend 30 years behind bars and then 5 years on probation.

His ex-girlfriend, Arielle Preito, who nearly died in the attack, said after court that this violent incident still haunts her and her family.  “I still struggle, emotionally, mentally with things like just depression, anxiety sometimes we don’t sleep as well, but things are definitely a lot better.“

They revealed in court that Looney had been trying to contact her from jail as recently as Hurricane Irma. The family said they had to block the number of the St. Lucie County jail.

Looney himself spoke to the court, now aged 20, but aged 17 at the time of the event, and addressed each victim and the horrific nature of the attack. However, he stopped short of an out right apology.  He did address his own mental health issues that he struggles with. He told the judge that he had been to New Horizons (a mental health provider) several times before the attack and wants to get better.

“Sir, I was not okay by any means. I was depressed confused and not sure where my life was going,” said Looney.  “But sir, during that time, it never crossed my mind to hurt anyone. I never wanted or meant to hurt the Prieto family. And sir, when I get my family and I will be leaving the state if permissible by you judge.”

The judge made it clear that had Looney been older at the time of the attack or had a criminal record, his sentence would have been even harsher.

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